Country Profiles and Regional Information

• Country Profiles for Central and South Asia from the United Nations Country Support Team for Central and South Asia (includes Azerbaijan, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)
• Country Profiles of Member States of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (includes Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudia Arabia, The Syrian Arab Republic, The United Arab Emirates and Yemen)
• Country Profiles from the International Planned Parenthood Federation and their Family Planning Affiliates
• Regional and National Population Information - Africa
• Population Information Network for Africa (POPIN-Africa) (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division
• Project for Information Access and Connectivity (PIAC) - Africa
• Regional and National Population Information - Asia and the Pacific
• Population Information Network for Asia and the Pacific (Asia-Pacific POPIN) (United Nations and Social Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Population and Rural and Urban Development Division)
• United Nations and Social Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Population and Rural and Urban Development Division
• Regional and National Population Information - Latin America and the Caribbean
• Population Information Network for Latin America and the Caribbean (IPALCA) (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE) - Population Division
• Regional and National Population Information - Europe
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Population Activities Unit (includes POPIN-Europe homepage)
• Regional and National Population Information - Western Asia
• United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
• League of Arab States, Population Research Unit (Cairo, Egypt)

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Demographic Data, Databases, Models and Statistics

• African Population Database Documentation (UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), Global Information Resource Database (GRID) and Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)))
• AEZ - Agro-Ecological Zoning System (Food and Agriculture Organisation)
• Asia Population Database Documentation (UN Environmental Programme (UNEP), Global Information Resource Database (GRID), and Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR))
• VII Censo de Poblacion y III de Vivenda, Nicaragua, 1995 (via Universidad de Costa Rica)
• Data Archive (Office of Population Research (OPR), Princeton University)
• Global Population Database (US Bureau of the Census)
• Global Population Distribution Database (UN Envirmental Programme (UNEP), Global Information Resource Database (GRID), Canadian Global Emissions Inventory Centre and Environment Canada)
• International Census Collection On-line (University of Texas at Austin, Population Research Center)
• Key Fertility Rates and Statistics (Marie Stopes International)
• Mortality Database (World Health Organization)
• Population Data Collection for Mexico (CIESIN, SEDAC)
• PEDA - Population, Environment and Development computer simulation model (Demo version) (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Food Security and Sustainable Development Division)
• Statistics from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) List of Statistical Agencies in the UNECE Region
• U.S. Bureau of the Census, List of International Statistical Agencies
• World Population Trends (United Nations Population Division)

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Directories and Registers

• Asia-Pacific POPIN Directory of Population Institutions

• DARE - Directory in Social Sciences - Institutions, Specialists, Periodicals (UNESCO)

• Directorio de Instituciones de Poblacion de America Central (via Universidad de Costa Rica)

• Directory of Population Study and Research Centres: A.C.E.R.D. (CICRED)

• POPIN Worldwide Directory of Population Institutions

• Popnet (Population Reference Bureau)

• Population Association of America (PAA) Membership Directory

• Register of Development Activities (UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNTF - via UNESCO)
   
  

Electronic Subject Guides, Resources and Population News Services

    (see also Internet Search Engines)

• Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health
  
  • Adolescent Reproductive and Sexual Health Website (UNESCO Principal Office for Asia and the Pacific (PROAP)
  • Caribbean Youth Forum website (UNFPA)
  • Teenwire (Planned Parenthood of America)
• Ageing
  
  • Conference on the Status of the Older Population: Prelude to the 21st Century, Sion, Switzerland, 13-15 December 1999 (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Population Activities Unit)
  • International Institute on Ageing (United Nations - Malta)
  • Survey of Ageing Research in the ECE [Economic Commission for Europe] Region (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Population Activities Unit)
  • The Status of Older Persons in ECE [Economic Commission for Europe] Countries: Economic Conditions, Living Arrangements and Gender (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Population Activities Unit)
  • United Nations Technical Meeting on Population Ageing and Living Arrangements of Older Persons: Critical Issues and Policy Responses, New York, 8-10 February 2000 (United Nations Population Division)
  • Population Ageing 1999 Wallchart (United Nations Population Division)
• Effects of El Salvador's Population Education Program on Rural Youth and Their Future Fertility, by Richard H. Cain and Beth Osborne Daponte (28 September 1999)
  
  • English (PDF format)
  • Spanish (PDF format)
• Gender Equity, Women and Development
  
  • Beijing +5: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the 21st Century (United Nations)
  • Gender in Development (United Nations Development Programme)
  • Gender in Development: Men and Gender Equality (United Nations Development Programme)
  • Sexual Coercion and Reproductive Health: A Focus on Research, Report of a Conference (Population Council)
  • Women'sNet (South Africa)
  • Women Watch, the UN Internet Gateway on the Advancement and Empowerment of Women
• HIV/AIDS
  
  • UNAIDS
  • Glossary of HIV/AIDS- Related Terminology (via Journal of the American Medical Association)
  • Glossary of HIV/AIDS- Related Terminology (via Journal of the American Medical Association)
  • Guide to Family Planning, Population, HIV/AIDS and Other Related Resources, Netlinks (CCP)
  • HIV/AIDS Information Center (Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA))
• Laws and Legislation
  
  • Annual Review of Population Law, Harvard Law School
  • International Digest of Health Legislation (World Health Organization)
  • NATLEX Database of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
• Migration
  
  • Information About Refugees and Reproductive Health
  • Migration Web (International Organization for Migration (IOM))
  • Migracion Internacional en America Latina: IMILA // International Migration in Latin America: IMILA (Boletin Demografico en enero del 2000 // Demographic Bulletin of January 2000) (Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeno de Demografia/CELADE // Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center - United Nations)
  • Simposio Sobre Migracion Internacional en Las Americas // Symposium on International Migration in the Americas, San Jose, Costa Rica, 4 al 6 de septiembre de 2000 (Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeno de Demografia/CELADE // Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Center - United Nations)
  • WWW Virtual Library on Migration and Ethnic Relations (Netherlands)
• Population News Services
  
  • On-line PLANet Newsroom (PlanetWire)
  • Population.com
• Reproductive Health
  
  • Contraception Finder (Marie Stopes International)
  • Global Reproductive Health Forum (GRHF), Harvard School of Public Health
  • Information About Refugees and Reproductive Health
  • List of Free Materials in Reproductive Health (INTRAH)
  • ReproLine (Reproductive Health Online) (JHPIEGO)
  • Reproductive Tract Fact Sheets (Population Council)

 

• 6 Billion Human Beings: An exhibit from the Musee d'Homme, Paris, France
• Clearinghouse of Electronic Subject Guides to Internet Resources (via WWW)
• ELDIS, the Gateway for Development Information (Institute of Development Studies, Sussex)
• Guide to Family Planning, Population, HIV/AIDS and Other Related Resources, Netlinks (CCP)
• Health and Family Planning Manager's Toolkit (Management Sciences for Health)
• MEASURE: Monitoring and Evaluation to ASsess and Use REsults
• PopNet (Population Reference Bureau)
• Population Information Resources for Educators (Population Reference Bureau)
• Population Information Resources for Journalists (Population Reference Bureau)
• Resources for Economists on the Internet, by Bill Goffe
• The "Virtual" Public Health Center
• WebEc: WWW Resources on Economics
• WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources (Elizabethtown College, USA)
• World Health Organization (WHO) Virtual Reference Desk
• WWW Virtual Library on International Development
• WWW Virtual Library on Latin American Studies